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company 
  n pl , -nies 
1 a number of people gathered together; assembly 
2 the fact of being with someone; companionship 
I enjoy her company  
3 a social visitor or visitors; guest or guests 
4 a business enterprise 
5 the members of an enterprise not specifically mentioned in the enterprise's title, (Abbrevs.)  Co, co 
6 a group of actors, usually including business and technical personnel 
7 a small unit of troops, usually comprising two or more platoons 
8 the officers and crew of a ship 
9 a unit of Girl Guides 
10  (English history) a medieval guild 
11 ♦ keep or bear company 
a to accompany (someone) 
b (esp. of lovers) to associate with each other; spend time together 
12 ♦ part company 
a to end a friendship or association, esp. as a result of a quarrel; separate 
b foll by: with to leave; go away (from); be separated (from) 
  vb , -nies, -nying, -nied 
13 Archaic to keep company or associate (with someone) 
  (C13: from Old French compaignie, from compain companion, fellow, from Late Latin companio; see companion1) 

City Company 
  n (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London 
close company 
  n  (Brit) a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants, (Also called)  closed company 
company doctor 
  n 
1 a businessman or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises 
2 a physician employed by a company to look after its staff and to advise on health matters 
company man 
  n an employee who puts allegiance to the company for which he works above personal opinion or friendship 
company secretary 
  n  (Brit) an officer of an incorporated company who has certain legal obligations 
company sergeant major 
  n  (Military) the senior Warrant Officer II in a British or Commonwealth regiment or battalion, responsible under the company second in command for all aspects of duty and discipline of the NCOs and men in that subunit, (Abbrev.)  CSM  Compare  →  regimental sergeant major 
 
See also  →  warrant officer 
company town 
  n  (U.S. and Canadian) a town built by a company for its employees 
company union 
  n  (Chiefly U.S. and Canadian) an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise 
East India Company 
  n 
1 the company chartered in 1600 by the British government to trade in the East Indies: after being driven out by the Dutch it developed trade with India until the Indian Mutiny (1857), when the Crown took over the administration: the company was dissolved in 1874 
2 any similar trading company, such as any of those founded by the Dutch, French, and Danes in the 17th and 18th centuries 
finance company , house 
  n an enterprise engaged in the loan of money against collateral or speculatively to manufacturers and retailers, esp. one specializing in the financing of hire-purchase contracts 
fire company 
  n 
1 an insurance company selling policies relating to fire risk 
2  (U.S.) an organized body of firemen 
free company 
  n  (European history) a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages 
holding company 
  n a company with controlling shareholdings in one or more other companies 
Hudson's Bay Company 
  n an English company chartered in 1670 to trade in all parts of North America drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay 
joint-stock company 
  n 
1  (Brit) a business enterprise characterized by its separate legal existence and the sharing of ownership between shareholders, whose liability is limited 
2  (U.S.) a business enterprise whose owners are issued shares of transferable stock but do not enjoy limited liability 
limited company 
  n  (Brit) a company whose owners enjoy limited liability for the company's debts and losses 
listed company 
  n  (Stock Exchange) a company whose shares are quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange 
livery company 
  n  (Brit) one of the chartered companies of the City of London originating from the craft guilds 
management company 
  n a company that manages a unit trust 
parent company 
  n a company that owns more than half the shares of another company 
private company 
  n a limited company that does not issue shares for public subscription and whose owners do not enjoy an unrestricted right to transfer their shareholdings 
 Compare  →  public company 
public company 
  n a limited company whose shares may be purchased by the public and traded freely on the open market and whose share capital is not less than a statutory minimum; public limited company 
 Compare  →  private company 
public limited company 
  n  another name for  →  public company  (Abbrev.)  plc, PLC 
repertory company 
  n a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire, esp. at its own theatre, (U.S. name)  stock company 
shell company 
  n  (Business) 
1 a near-defunct company, esp. one with a stock-exchange listing, used as a vehicle for a thriving company 
2 a company that has ceased to trade but retains its registration and is sold for a small sum to enable its new owners to avoid the cost and trouble of registering a new company 
Stationers' Company 
  n a guild, established by Royal Charter from Queen Mary in 1557, composed of booksellers, printers, etc. 
stock company 
  n 
1  (U.S.) a business enterprise the capital of which is divided into transferable shares 
2  a U.S. term for  →  repertory company 
subsidiary company 
  n a company with at least half of its capital stock owned by another company 
trust company 
  n a commercial bank or other enterprise organized to perform trustee functions, (Also called)  trust corporation 



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